The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton Essential Question for unit: How do environment and adversity shape a person's identity? - Students, this page will house all of the activities that you'll be completing throughout the novel. Check here for updates, especially if you miss days when we work on the book. download your copy of the novel hereget your point sheet here and pull it into Notability - You will be responsible for taking a minimum of 10 notes and asking 3 questions* for each chapter. These can be done in Notability or on Cornell Notes paper and kept in your folders. *The questions that you create using 'Costa's Levels Of Questioning' will be used on the Panel Quizzes, so make sure that you complete them for each chapter.
Activities for the novel. These will be tracked on your grade sheets:1:"On The Sidewalk Bleeding" Click here to download a copy of the short story into Notability. Click here for pre and post reading questions for the short story 2: Watch the following video and read through the links for the 1960's and fill out 1-2 pages of Cornell Notes as you watch and read. Your notes should include important details from the video.
Essential Question: Describe one important event from the 1960's. Who was involved? Why was it important? (Your summary should be done after you've finished the notes on the Cornell Notes Template and be no less than 5 sentences).Research links to read: 1. Timeline 2. History of the decadeVideo: 3:The Outsiders Character Chart - Complete the chart as you read the first two chapters of the novel. The more information for each character, the better. 4: We'll Make The Rules! - In this collaborative activity, students will organize and plan for a month without parents. In groups of 3, follow all of the requirements in the link and use digital media to present your month-long hiatus from parents to the class.
This activity will help students better understand the demands that household leaders face each day (or week or month) as they organize the lives of those for whom they are responsible. 5 and 6: Venn Diagram 1 and Venn Diagram 2 We'll be looking at two points of comparison: The 1960's vs. the 2010's and gang life in the novel vs. gang life today. Each section of the Venn Diagrams should have a minimum of five items to be complete.
Venn Diagram 1 - 1960's helpful websites: Timeline 1Timeline 2
Venn Diagram 2 - Gang Life helpful websites: Gang Life 1Gang Life 2
8: Pre-Writing '4-Color Hand-Chart' for Essay #1 (Activity 8) 4 colors: 1 - a hand with 5 characteristics about yourself written in the fingers 2 - a hand with 5 characteristics about Ponyboy written in the fingers 3 - some differences (4-5) written outside the hands 4 - some similarities (4-5 written outside the hands
Archived Assignments: - Pre-Reading Video: "The Sixties - The Years That Shaped A Generation" Complete the Cornell Notes Template as you watch the video and answer the essential question for your summary. Click here for Cornell Notes Template for the video
The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton
Essential Question for unit: How do environment and adversity shape a person's identity?
- Students, this page will house all of the activities that you'll be completing throughout the novel. Check here for updates, especially if you miss days when we work on the book. download your copy of the novel hereget your point sheet here and pull it into Notability
- You will be responsible for taking a minimum of 10 notes and asking 3 questions* for each chapter. These can be done in Notability or on Cornell Notes paper and kept in your folders.
*The questions that you create using 'Costa's Levels Of Questioning' will be used on the Panel Quizzes, so make sure that you complete them for each chapter.
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Packet
Crossword for chapters 1-6
Activities for the novel. These will be tracked on your grade sheets:1:"On The Sidewalk Bleeding"
Click here to download a copy of the short story into Notability.
Click here for pre and post reading questions for the short story
2:
Watch the following video and read through the links for the 1960's and fill out 1-2 pages of Cornell Notes as you watch and read. Your notes should include important details from the video.
Essential Question: Describe one important event from the 1960's. Who was involved? Why was it important? (Your summary should be done after you've finished the notes on the Cornell Notes Template and be no less than 5 sentences).Research links to read: 1. Timeline
2. History of the decadeVideo:
3:The Outsiders Character Chart - Complete the chart as you read the first two chapters of the novel. The more information for each character, the better.
4:
We'll Make The Rules! - In this collaborative activity, students will organize and plan for a month without parents. In groups of 3, follow all of the requirements in the link and use digital media to present your month-long hiatus from parents to the class.
This activity will help students better understand the demands that household leaders face each day (or week or month) as they organize the lives of those for whom they are responsible.
5 and 6: Venn Diagram 1 and Venn Diagram 2 We'll be looking at two points of comparison: The 1960's vs. the 2010's and gang life in the novel vs. gang life today. Each section of the Venn Diagrams should have a minimum of five items to be complete.
Venn Diagram 1 - 1960's helpful websites: Timeline 1 Timeline 2
Venn Diagram 2 - Gang Life helpful websites: Gang Life 1 Gang Life 2
7:
Fill out the attached sheet for Robert Frost's poem 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'
*Use this website to help.
8:
Pre-Writing '4-Color Hand-Chart' for Essay #1 (Activity 8)
4 colors:
1 - a hand with 5 characteristics about yourself written in the fingers
2 - a hand with 5 characteristics about Ponyboy written in the fingers
3 - some differences (4-5) written outside the hands
4 - some similarities (4-5 written outside the hands
9-10:
Compare and contrast essays:
Transition Words
11:
Johnny or Andy
- Students will write from the perspective of one of these characters
we've been studying in class. Details are in the link. Complete the planning page first.
Planning Page
12:
Students will compare and contrast the movie to the book:
Click here for Venn Diagram
Atreyu music video for "Falling Down":
Click Here For Study Guide
Fantastic resource for teachers / complete unit plan
Archived Assignments:
- Pre-Reading Video: "The Sixties - The Years That Shaped A Generation"
Complete the Cornell Notes Template as you watch the video and answer the essential question for your summary.
Click here for Cornell Notes Template for the video
- QVD (Quote, Visual Representation, Description)